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BIOS  Setup

Chapter 3

BIOS Setup

This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup

program and allows you to configure  the system for

optimum use.

You may need to run the Setup program when:

²

An error message appears on the screen during the

system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.

²

You want  to change  the default  settings for  cus-

tomized features.

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Summary of Contents for 5520 Master Series

Page 1: ...i 5520 Master Series MS 91C2 V1 X Server Board G52 91C21X1...

Page 2: ...rks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 98 2000 NT XP Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware i...

Page 3: ...inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the...

Page 4: ...interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on...

Page 5: ...v WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement...

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Page 8: ...2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 7 Power Supply 2 8 Front Panel I O 2 9 Connector 2 10 Jumper 2 15 Slot 2 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering S...

Page 9: ...em efficiency the 5520 Master Series accommodate the latest 45nm Intel Gainstown Nehalem processors in LGA1366 package and support up to 12 DDR3 800 1066 1333 DIMM slots to provide the maxi mum of 96G...

Page 10: ...l ICH10R chipset M emory 12 registered unbuffered DDR3 800 1066 1333 DIMM slots Provides the maximum of 96GB memory capacity LAN Supports Gb LAN by Intel 82576 SATA 4 SATAII ports by Intel ICH10R Supp...

Page 11: ...ole port RJ 45 jack 2 USB 2 0 ports 2 Gigabit LAN jacks 1 VGA port 2 InfiniBand connectors Onboard Connectors 2 USB 2 0 pinheaders 4 ports 1 serial port connector 2 SMBus pinheaders Slot 1 PCI Express...

Page 12: ...MS 91C2 Server Board 1 4 5520 Master Series MS 91C2 V1 X Server Board Mainboard Layout...

Page 13: ...dures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work...

Page 14: ...PMB1 p 2 13 COM2 p 2 11 SATA1 4 p 2 10 J_SMLINK1 p 2 14 CPU p 2 3 DIMM Slots p 2 7 JBAT1 p 2 15 Back Panel I O p 2 9 JPWR1 p 2 8 J_SMBUS1 p 2 14 JPWR2 p 2 8 JFP1 p 2 13 FAN2 p 2 11 FAN3 p 2 11 CPU p 2...

Page 15: ...ly or unplug the power supply s power cord from the grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU CPU Central Processing Unit When you are installing the CPU make sure that you install the cooler...

Page 16: ...heat dispersion Follow the steps below to install the CPU cooler correctly Wrong installation will cause the damage of your CPU mainboard 4 After confirming the CPU direction for correct mating put do...

Page 17: ...s down the load lever lightly onto the load plate and then secure the lever with the hook under retention tab 8 Align the holes on the mainboard with the heatsink Push down the cooler until its four c...

Page 18: ...t the clip ends are correctly inserted Mainboard Hook Important 1 Read the CPU status in BIOS 2 Whenever CPU is not installed always protect your CPU socket pin with the plastic cap covered shown in F...

Page 19: ...slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the DIMM is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot The retaining clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close if the DIMM is properly seated 3...

Page 20: ...D 6 NC 7 12V 8 12V 9 12V 10 12V 20 Pin System Power Connector JPWR1 JPWR3 This connector allows you to connect to a power supply To connect the power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is i...

Page 21: ...tional serial link intended for the connection of processors with high speed peripherals such as disks It supports several signalling rates and as with PCI Express links can be bonded together for add...

Page 22: ...s connector is a high speed Serial ATA interface port Each connector can con nect to one Serial ATA device Important Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss ma...

Page 23: ...ecommended CPU fans at processor s official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan Serial Port Connector COM2 This connector is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends re...

Page 24: ...eed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key no pin 10 USBOC P...

Page 25: ...IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus SMBus Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 IPMB_DATA 2 GND 3 IPMB_CLK J_IPMB1 3 1 20 19 1 JFP1 2 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 PowerLED 2 PowerLED 3 SATA HDD LED 4 SATA HDD...

Page 26: ...is connector known as I2 C is for users to connect System Management Bus SMBus interface J_SMBUS1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 SMBUS_ICH_DATA 2 SMBUS_ICH_CLK 3 SMBUS_ALERT J_SMBUS1 1 J SMLINK1 Pin Defi...

Page 27: ...ortant You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard JBAT1 1 Clear Data 3 1...

Page 28: ...on for the expansion card to configure any necessary hardware or software settings for the expan sion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Express...

Page 29: ...IOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you...

Page 30: ...PHOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS...

Page 31: ...Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provid...

Page 32: ...eatures Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbrid...

Page 33: ...show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system Read only System Time This setting allows you to set the system time The time format is Hour Minute Second System Date This setting allows...

Page 34: ...1C2 Server Board Advanced CPU Configuration C1E Support When the C1E Support Enhanced Halt Powerdown State is enabled the proc essor will transition to a lower core to bus ratio and lower voltage ID d...

Page 35: ...Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions With virtualization one computer system can function as multiple virtual s...

Page 36: ...on system without accessing hard disk frequenctly This boot up way can promote 20 speed and promote the speed of the large application program two times that can speed up the enable time and reduce po...

Page 37: ...ders Heads and Sectors Block Multi Sector Transfer Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block PIO Mode Indicates the type of PIO Programmed Input Output DMA M...

Page 38: ...3 10 MS 91C2 Server Board Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Address Serial Port 2 Address Select an address and a corresponding interrupt for the serial port 1 2 ACPI Configuration...

Page 39: ...e is used to pass Disabled POST data to the AML code during ACPI O S operations This setting allows the ACPI Enabled BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System AmI OEMB table Descriptio...

Page 40: ...developed jointly by Intel and Microsoft to meet the timing requirements of multimedia and other time sensitive applications In addition to extending the capabilities and precision of a system the HP...

Page 41: ...the AHCI CD DVD drivers loading for multi read write Changing the value to 0 will grant no delay at boot AHCI Port 0 1 2 3 SATA Port 0 This setting controls the SATA port 0 S M A R T This allows you...

Page 42: ...ese settings show the status of the BMC Baseboard Management Controller chip and its firmware version Read only View BMC System Event Log Use this function to view system event logs recorded by BMC Cl...

Page 43: ...nt IP Address in BMC Current Subnet Mask in BMC Cur rent Gateway in BMC Use these settings to view the IP address subnet mask and gateway in BMC Hardware Health Information These items display the cur...

Page 44: ...ngs to configure ports for remote access Flow Control Flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes It s the process of adjusting the flow of data from one de...

Page 45: ...s to display memory information APM Configuration Resume On RTC Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from suspend mode RTC Alarm...

Page 46: ...3 18 MS 91C2 Server Board Boot Boot Settings Configuration...

Page 47: ...messages When it is disabled the BIOS will display the normal POST messages instead of the full screen logo Please note that enabling this BIOS feature often adds 2 3 seconds of delay to the booting...

Page 48: ...word Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set or change the user password Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of...

Page 49: ...3 21 BIOS Setup Chipset CPU Bridge Configuration QPI Links Speed This item allows you to select the QPI links speed type...

Page 50: ...s designed to increase processor speed without increasing the load on the processor bus The architecture is non uniform because each processor is close to some parts of memory and farther from other p...

Page 51: ...3 23 BIOS Setup North Bridge Information This sub menu shows the north bridge information South Bridge Configuration USB Functions This setting specifies the function of the onboard USB controller...

Page 52: ...system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State...

Page 53: ...up Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for op...

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Page 55: ...A 1 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Appendix A This appendix will assist users in configuring and en abling RAID functionality on platforms...

Page 56: ...orage Technology and Intel Rapid Recover Technology RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives Spreading the hard drive I O load across independent channels greatly i...

Page 57: ...all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services Please use Ctrl I keys to enter th...

Page 58: ...ollowing screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your...

Page 59: ...upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 inc...

Page 60: ...ion is finished Important Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an example if you w...

Page 61: ...RAID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to acc...

Page 62: ...structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this...

Page 63: ...Options Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press Enter to change recovery volume mode The following screen appears Recovery mode will change from Continuous Update to On Request after you en...

Page 64: ...the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Click the Browse CD on the Setup screen 3 Copy all the contents in SATA2_RAID f6flpy3288 32 bits or SATA2_RAID f6flpy6488 64 bits to a formatted floppy diskette 4 T...

Page 65: ...on SATA2 RAID Install 4 The drivers will be automatically installed Confirming Windows Server 2008 2003 Driver Installation 1 Under Windows Server 2008 2003 open the Control Panel from My Com puter f...

Page 66: ...is booting or a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ability to un install...

Page 67: ...A 13 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window...

Page 68: ...A 14 MS 91C2 Server Board After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue...

Page 69: ...l ICH10R SATA RAID Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Readme File Information It shows the system requirements and installation inf...

Page 70: ...at the time the system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive 1 BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows on the single SATA...

Page 71: ...rom Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for...

Page 72: ...will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage RAID 5 Useful RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks w...

Page 73: ...t typical strip size settings are 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequentia...

Page 74: ...disk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted p...

Page 75: ...e space will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continu...

Page 76: ...you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration proc ess starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted f...

Page 77: ...ll Programs Intel Matrix Storage Manager Intel Matrix Storage Console 2 Select Protect data using IntelR Rapid Recover Technology 3 Select Yes to confirm volume creation Important Creating a recovery...

Page 78: ...tel Matrix Storage Manager Intel Matrix Storage Console 2 Select Advanced Mode in the View menu 3 Select Create Recovery Volume in the Actions menu 4 Select Next to continue 5 Modify the recovery volu...

Page 79: ...A 25 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID 6 Select a hard drive to be used as the master hard drive for the recovery volume 7 Select a hard drive to be used as the recovery hard drive for the recovery volume...

Page 80: ...A 26 MS 91C2 Server Board 8 Select an update policy 9 Select Finish to begin recovery volume creation...

Page 81: ...corresponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Reconnect the hard drive 3 Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automatically Fail...

Page 82: ...system 6 When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 7 The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be lau...

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